properly

['prɔpəli]

adv.适当地, 正确地, 完全地

例句与用法:

The machine won't function properly if you don't oil it well.

如果你不给机器好好加油的话,它就不会正常运转。

The heater in my car doesn't work properly.

我汽车里的暖气设备出了点毛病。

That is not, properly speaking, a dictionary but a grammar book.

严格地说,那不是一本字典,而是一本语法书。

I'm learning German, but I still can't speak it properly.

我正在学习德语,但还说不好。

词形变化:

副词: properly | 名词: properness |

详细释义:

ad.

1. 恰当地; 正确地

2. 有礼貌地; 体面地

3. 严格地; 实际上

That is not, properly speaking, a dictionary, but a grammar.

严格说来; 那不是一本词典, 而是一本语法书。

4. 理所当然地

An honest man is properly indignant at the offer of a bribe.

一个诚实的人对行贿理所当然感到愤慨。

5. 【主英】【口】完全地; 彻底地